1979, designed by Genyo Takeda with art by Shigeru Miyamoto. Some sources assert that Ikegami Tsushinki also did design work on Sheriff. Release The game was originally released in two formats: an upright cabinet and a cocktail (tabletop) version. These versions were imported to Europe, Asia, and America. In America, the game was distributed by Far East Video. In the UK, Sheriff was licensed for production and distribution by Bell-Fruit Manufacturing in an upright cabinet. Bell-Fruit's core product range at the time was fruit/slot machines. Sheriff (and later Puckman) marked the company's first, and short lived, diversification into the market of video games as licensee, so the cabinet design for this territory differs considerably from that of the Japanese version. Although it features the same marquee and bezel design, it shares many properties more commonly associated with slot machines, such as a lack of side art or cabinet decals. However, the game's title in this region remains unchanged as Sheriff. In North America, the game was distributed by Exidy as Bandido. As was common practice for arcade games at the time, the game was sold as if it were Exidy's own creation, with all mentions of Nintendo being edited or removed. This version of the game renames Mr. Jack and Betty as "Our Hero" and "Pretty Priscilla" respectively. A modified version of the game was released exclusively in Japan by Taito as Western Gun Part II. This version features edited graphics and replaces most of the game's music with portions of songs such as the theme to The Magnificent Seven and Oh My Darling, Clementine. It is unknown if this version of Sheriff was authorised by Nintendo. Reception The game was a commercial success in Japan, where Sheriff was among the top ten highest-grossing arcade games of 1979. In 2012, 1up wrote, "Sheriff put Nintendo on the right track as a game developer." Legacy In 2003 it was re-released as part of WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, released for the Game Boy Advance. In WarioWare, Sheriff was included as both a microgame and as a minigame ("Wario's Sheriff") in which Wario takes the role of the sheriff. Standard controls apply to the microgame version, but in the minigame version, the L/R buttons can make the sheriff face in the opposite direction without moving. The time delay for moving the sheriff was removed, and the sheriff's walking speed is greatly increased from